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Postcards: Libraries

Historical Postcard Collection

Libraries

Aerial postcard of Camden, NJ
Probably my all-time favorite postcard. The optimism in Camden’s future jumps right out of the card!

I’ve always been interested in postcards. Here are some Camden postcards, some dating back to the 19th Century. If you have any images to share, please contact me.

— Phil Cohen

Thanks to Benedict Tisa for contributing many images now on this page.

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Cooper Park Library

Cooper Park Library, circa 1916 Cooper Park Library, circa 1912

Cooper Park Library — circa 1912–1916

Cooper Park Library, circa 1910 Cooper Park Library

Cooper Park Library — circa 1910

Cooper Park Library, postcard mailed in 1906 Cooper Park Library, replaced by a larger building donated by Eldridge Johnson

Cooper Park Library — this card was mailed in 1906. The Cooper Park Library was replaced by a large building donated by Eldridge Johnson of the Victor Talking Machine Co.

The Cooper Free Public Library, aka Cooper Branch Public Library, now known as the Walt Whitman Poetry Center Johnson Park, Library, and Victor Talking Machine Factory, circa 1930

The Cooper Free Public Library (aka Cooper Branch Public Library, now known as the Walt Whitman Poetry Center) — Johnson Park, Library, & Victor Talking Machine Factory, circa 1930

Cooper Branch Public Library, circa 1960

Cooper Branch Public Library — circa 1960

Carnegie Library

The Carnegie Library, Broadway and Line Street, postmarked April 28, 1906 The Carnegie Library, Broadway and Line Street

The Carnegie Library, Broadway & Line St. — postmark April 28, 1906

The Carnegie Library, Broadway and Line Street The Carnegie Library, Broadway and Line Street
The Carnegie Library, Broadway & Line St.

Pomona Hall & Public Service Building

Pomona Hall, home of the Camden County Historical Society Public Service Corporation Building, home of the Camden Free Public Library since the late 1970s

Pomona Hall — home of the Camden County Historical Society; and the Public Service Corporation Building, home of the Camden Free Public Library since the late 1970s

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